On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 11:32 AM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 28 May 2013 18:12, Dennis E. Hamilton <dennis.hamil...@acm.org> wrote: > >> It never occurred to me that those were flying books. Taking another look, >> it still doesn't work. If made more obviously as books, I'm not sure how >> that will occur as indicative of an office productivity suite. (I have no >> idea how birds in flight do that either, but it is probably better to avoid >> trying for a literal connection.) > > > Slightly tangential historical question, if anyone here remembers > authoritatively: > > What was the origin of the OpenOffice.org gull motif, way back when? > > Is (or was) this documented anywhere? >
The archives from the OpenOffice.org mailing lists are here: http://openoffice.markmail.org If you search for "gulls" you get first mention back in 2001. But the conversation sounds like it is already a familiar idea by that point in time. -Rob > > - d. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
